Influence of wastewater sludge treatment using combined peroxyacetic acid oxidation and inorganic coagulants re-flocculation on characteristics of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)

Water Research

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 728-739

  Zhang, Weijun ^a   Cao, Bingdi ^b   Wang, Dongsheng ^a,b   Ma, Teng ^a   Xia, Hua ^a   Yu, Dehong ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Chemical flocculation; EPS; Oxidation; Peracetic acid

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; DEGRADATION; FLOCCULATION; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION; CHEMICAL FLOCCULATIONS; EPS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PERACETIC ACIDS; POLYALUMINIUM CHLORIDE;

OXIDATION;

BIOPOLYMER; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; INORGANIC SALT; PERACETIC ACID; POLYALUMINIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACETIC ACID; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; NEUTRALIZATION; OXIDATION; POLYMER; PROTEIN; SOLUBILIZATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; LYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLUBILIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; FLOCCULATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BIOPOLYMERS; FLOCCULATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERACETIC ACID; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84946811680     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.10.049     Document Type: Article

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